Surrogacy

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But what is exploitative about paying a surrogate mother a sum of money she would not be able to obtain at other work? What distinguishes activities poor women are induced to perform for money that are exploitative from those that are not? Economic necessity in general pressures poor women to accept occupations rich women would not tolerate.

–Killing the Black Body

We are for breeding purposes:  we aren’t concubines, geisha girls, courtesans. On the contrary:  everything possible has been done to remove us from that category. . . . We are two-legged wombs, that’s all:  sacred vessels, ambulatory chalices.

–The Handmaid’s Tale